The Anti Group (T.A.G.C.) - Discography

The Anti-Group aka T.A.G.C. were a project formed in the mid-1980s by Adi Newton (although the idea existed as early as 1978). The Anti-Group was conceived as an open-membership experimental multimedia collective, focused on audio, visual, and textual research and production, as well as performance art and installations.

Newton formed it shortly after the third genesis (the major label version) of Clock DVA folded in 1984. T.A.G.C. remained active as such until the reformation of Clock DVA in 1988. A lot of the T.A.G.C. material is quite dark, but some of the works went so far as to earn the title of industrial-jazz. Newton employed the talents of fellow technocrat Richard Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire to do the production work on the initial material which was a combination of hard, oblique electro-funk, and free-form jazz. Co-conspirators also included Ian Marsh and Martyn Ware with whom Newton also worked as a member of early industrial act The Future before both finding fame with the original Human League and popsters Heaven 17.

Initial releases were on the experimental/industrial Sweatbox label,owned by the late Rob Deacon. Sweatbox were to go on to break minor industrial-funk and experimental acts such as A Primary Industry, Perennial Divide, Meat Beat Manifesto and the superb Workforce. Sweatbox were also the driving force behind the excellent Abstract audio magazine series.Some T.A.G.C. audio recordings were then reissued on Newton's Anterior Research Recordings label. "The theoretical underpinnings of these recordings, which are often primarily psycho acoustic experiments or carefully-constructed aural rituals", are made explicit in the lengthy
liner notes which accompany most releases. Clearly Newton was still taking the pills!

The acronym T.A.G.C. is also intended to represent the four nucleotides that make up DNA (thymine, adenine, guanine and cytosine) although those of a more conventional mind set regard them as The Anti Group Collective.

Ha - Zulu : From an original 12" single released on Sweatbox (SOX 009) in 1985
A. Ha
B. Zulu




The Delivery : From the original 12" import EP released on Atonal (ST3006) in 1985
Recorded live at the Atonal Festival located in Ballhaus Tiergarten, Berlin, on the 18th February 1985.
A1. Morpheus' Baby
A2. The Delivery (Part I)
B1. The Delivery (Part II)
B2. Love Flowers In The Desert




ShT : From an original 12" mini-LP released on Sweatbox (SEX 010) in 1986
A1. Shgl
A2. Sunset Eyes Through Water
A3. Po-Ema
A4. Further & Evident Meanings
B1. Morpheus Baby
B2. New Upheaval




Big Sex : From an original 12" single released on Sweatbox (SOX 011) in 1986
A1. Big Sex
B1. Big Sex
B2. The Ocean




Digitaria : From an original vinyl album released on Sweatbox (SAX 012) in 1986
A1. Blood Burns Into Water
A2. Dog Star
A3. Balag Anti
A4. Chozzar Over Abyss
A5. Pre-Eval
B1. Ghost Cultures
B2. Noosphere
B3. Lux Nox



Meontological Research Recording - Record 1 : From an original vinyl album released on Sweatbox (SAX 013) in 1987
A. Sonochemistry
B. Synthesis 54 (Burning Water)




Broadcast Test : From an original 12" import single released on Big Sex Records (BIG SEX 002) in 1989
A. Broadcast Test (Transmission 1)
B. Broadcast Test (Transmission 2)




Burning Water : From an unofficial CD album released on Side Effects (DFX 17) in 1994
1. Burning Water (SO36)
2. Burning Water (ARS Electronica)




Iso-Erotic Calibrations : From a CD album released on Anterior Research Recordings (ARR 003) in 1994
1. Iso-Erotic Calibrations
2. Union With Sirens
3. Mercurius
4. Annals Of Sancity
5. Nuerological Engineering
6. Psychophonophilia
7. Ethemeral

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